Wang Wei (baseball)

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

Wang Wei
Beijing Tigers
Catcher
Born: (1978-12-25) December 25, 1978 Beijing, China
Bats: Right	Throws: Right

Wang Wei (simplified Chinese: 王伟; traditional Chinese: 王偉; pinyin: Wáng Wěi; born 25 December 1978 in Beijing, China) is a baseball catcher from the People's Republic of China. He holds the distinction of having hit the first home run ever in the World Baseball Classic, when China played eventual champion Japan in the first round. On June 20, 2007, he signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.

While playing for China in the 2008 Summer Olympics, Wang injured his knee in a collision with USA player Matt LaPorta. He had to have surgery on it and will miss into the 2009 season.

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Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Mariners sign Wei

v t e China 2006 World Baseball Classic roster

1 Sun Lingfeng 2 Zhang Zhenwang 3 Chen Zhe 5 Feng Fei 6 Li Chenhao 7 Wang Nan 9 Zhang Yufeng 10 Liu Guangbiao 11 Guo Tao 12 Feng Yi 15 Zhao Quansheng 17 Zhang Li 18 Yang Guogang 20 Chen Qi 21 Xu Zheng 22 Li Hongrui 23 Li Shuai 24 Huang Quan 26 Liu Yaqing 28 Zhao Bo 32 Wang Jingchao 33 Chen Kun 35 Yang Shuo 36 Zhang Hongbo 37 Pan Wenbin 51 Li Lei 56 Wang Wei 66 Zhang Jun 68 Bu Tao 80 Lai Guojun

Manager 55 Jim Lefebvre

China 2013 World Baseball Classic roster

1 Yanyong Yang
2 Weiqiang Meng
Haifan Yang
6 Lei Li
8 Yu Liu
9 Yufeng Zhang
11 Xin Li
13 Yubing Jia
15 Tao Bu
16 Jingfend Lai
17 Jiangang Lu
18 Song Ran
19 Quingyuan Meng
20 Shu Okamura
21 Ray Chang
22 Wei Dong
23 Shuai Li
25 Xu An
26 Wenming Li
27 Xiao Cui
28 Zhenhong Lu
30 Fujia Chu
31 Delong Jia
33 Kun Chen
36 Xia Luo
56 Wei Wang
62 Dawei Zhu

Manager John McLaren
Pitching Coach Bruce Hurst
Coach Bob Buskett
Coach Art Howe
Coach Yi Sheng
Coach Yufeng Zhang

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Name	Wang, Wei
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Date of birth	25 December 1978
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